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Innovative Service
Chip BellStrategies forExpanding the Possibilities
What Does “Take Their Breath Away” Feel Like?
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How about Innovative service?
Because Customers Have Changed
MORE CHOICES
GREAT SERVICEMORE SMARTS
Why is Innovative Service Important?
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Why is Innovative Service Important Today?
PICKY FICKLE
VOCAL
WIRED
Because Your Customers Are:
Quack!
...and Bored!
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What is the Goal of Innovative Service?
To meet a specific customer need...
In a unique manner, style or approach...
That creates a “take their breath away” feeling, and
A story customers are eager to tell.
What are the Features of Innovative Service?
Replicatable
Simple Appropriate
Unexpected
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Strategies of Innovative Service
TotalSenses
Mentoring Monogram
Effortless
Upper Class
Surprise
The Surprise Strategy is About Magic
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The Mentoring Strategy in Action
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Hardwiring Wisdom into the Experience
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The Power of a Mentor Strategy
The Easy Button Strategyis Effortless Service
Minutes of wait
0
Angry
Annoyed
Satisfied
5 10 15 20 25
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How Ease of Service Impacts Customer Retention
58% 94%
17% 66%
LOW HIGHEASE OF DOING BUSINESS
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The Purpling Strategy is Upping The Class
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Four SeasonsAustin, Texas
The Monogrammed Strategy is Personalized²
Monogrammed in Action
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Strategies of Innovative Service
TotalSenses
Mentoring Monogram
Effortless
Upper Class
Surprise
Innovative Service Takes Courage
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Innovative Service Takes Empowerment
Your Mind is a Pattern Maker
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Count Every Square You See
1X1 = 16
2X2 = 9
3X3 = 4
4X4 = 1
The word “square”at the top
Closing Thought
“Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the number of moments that take our breath away.”
--George Carlin
So, go take your customer’s breath away!